Now the Eagles have a pretty good running back who arrived in a different way.

He showed up on campus by listening to his brother Lee Banks, who played at GSU from 2008 to 2010.

But at 5-foot-9, 193 pounds, William remained behind several teammates at fullback.

“He was so far down in the depth chart when we started the season, we didn’t think he was going to be in the mix,” Monken said.

But Banks worked his way up, beating out scholarship players Seon Jones and Ean Days. And when Swope suffered a second concussion after the Furman game, Banks trotted out with the starters for the Chattanooga game.

He ran for 69 yards on 18 carries against the Mocs.

He was better against the Mountaineers, producing 129 yards on 19 carries and touchdown runs of 4, 20 and 36 yards.

“I’m proud of him,” Monken said. “He played really hard on Saturday and had some good runs when he ran out of tackles. I didn’t see all that until I watched the film. He’s one of those guys who fought his way from the bottom up. You love guys like that.”